This software is placed in the PUBLIC DOMAIN to be used for NON-COMMERCIALpurposes only. Absolutely NOTHING may be charged for its use. Also, allthree files MUST be passed on.

The above software has been tested on an IBM-AT and a Compaq portable andshould perform as stated on all other near compatibles.

The software is supplied AS IS and absolutely NO guarantees are given orimplied about its suitability.

Well, so much for that, now here is what it will do for you:

One of the major concerns about using a hard disk is its continuous rotationduring its usage. I, like many other SYSOPs, have hard disks spinning24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Even though there are many periods in theday that the BBS is being used on a continuous basis, there are also periodswhere it isn't used for some time. The heads are positioned on the recordingsurface and may touch for one reason or another. Therefore, this programis one answer to the problem. What this will do is park the heads of thehard disk after so much time of non-use. The heads will be re-positionedafter the next disk access is requested. The event timer is automaticallyreset after each and every hard disk access ( INT 13H ). Therefore, itis quit possible that you may never see it park during normal operation.The program will park drive C and, if present, drive D.

To use the program, simply type or put in your batch file:

TIMEPARK N

Where N is the number of minutes that you will allow before the disk parking takes place.

Please note that the range of N is 1-9; therefore you can select one minute to nine minutes before the heads park. I could have made the range longer; however, I felt that 9 minutes without usage was MORE than enough.

An example of a five minute period is:

TIMEPARK 5

Please note that this software was first place on my BBS on the 13thof March, 1986.

The software NOW takes over part of the BIOS 1C interrupt! Also, itnow performs a seek instead of a verify. The parking software is alsoremoved from the interrupt service routine and is a STAND ALONE memoryresident program which is executed prior to the return to the mainprogram.

In the original version, it was possible under certain applications toloose time will the disks are parking, in this version, NO TIME SHOULDBE LOST NOR SHOULD YOU NOTICE A KEYBOARD LOCKUP WHILE THE DISKS AREPARKING!